Reading Time: 4 minutes National Records of Scotland (NRS) published their Mid-2018 Population Estimates for Scotland on 25 April. They showed that the total Scottish population had reached a
Minimum Unit Pricing for Alcohol: How will we know if it works?
Reading Time: 5 minutes Today marks the first anniversary of the introduction of minimum unit pricing for alcohol. The policy had a stormy journey through Parliament and questions are
SPICe FAQ – Higher Education student funding in Scotland
Reading Time: 2 minutes SPICe regularly receives enquiries from MSPs and their staff on behalf of constituents looking for information on funding for undergraduate or postgraduate studies. This blog
Allocation of social housing in Scotland; policy and practice
Reading Time: 3 minutes Imagine you can’t afford to live in your current home or you want to move away from your parents or partner. Maybe you don’t want
Until death parts us – the Scottish Government’s attempts to reform inheritance law
Reading Time: 4 minutes Civil law (sometimes simply referred to as ‘not criminal law’) is recognised as the geekier end of the Scottish Government’s Justice portfolio. It doesn’t grab
Brexit and veterinary workforce pressures – a perfect storm?
Reading Time: 4 minutes If I was to ask you what image comes to mind when thinking about vets, you’d probably think of a time your dog decided it
Not just for Christmas – puppy sales and responsible breeding
Reading Time: 4 minutes Scotland is a nation of dog-lovers. Although there is no official data, the Pet Food Manufacturers’ Association estimates there are 653,000 dogs in Scotland, with
Guest blog – Brexit and EU migration: where are we now?
Reading Time: 4 minutes This blog provides an up-to-date account of discussions relating to post-Brexit immigration policy and its implications for Scotland. It is one of several migration-related blogs
Ending child poverty: the challenge ahead
Reading Time: 5 minutes The latest picture on child poverty The Scottish Government’s latest poverty statistics show that – on the most commonly used measure of poverty – child
The (budgetary) times they are a changin’: 20 years of devolved budgets
Reading Time: 7 minutes As part of the programme to mark 20 years since the creation of the Scottish Parliament, SPICe will publish twenty “20 year” blog posts on